Ryan Reynolds

• Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Birthday: October 23, 1976

Hailed by his northern countrymen as “The Canadian Ham,” actor Ryan Reynolds was even better known as the supreme idol to a certain mostly intoxicated, segment of the population, following his starring role in “National Lampoon’s Van Wilder” (2002). The predictably bawdy flick helped him to earn a place in Hollywood as “the frat guys’ Jesus Christ,” according to onetime co-star Justin Long. After suffering through a slow-moving career that, at one time, nearly led him to quit the profession altogether, Reynolds finally establish…more